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Do You Know Gay Slang [Quiz]

Serving looks, stunting pretty, this is the quiz from BlakeWrites (it almost works).

Remember: Gay Slang Didn't Just Spontaneously Appear... it Evolved

Twinks weren't born shouting "yass, hunty" and bears weren't woofing at each other from within their flannels by some genetic urge.

When talking about what we now consider to be gay slang, credit needs to be given to those who created it. Like the vast majority of the progress that has been made within the queer community, the credit for coining most of today's popular gay lingo can be attributed to women of color, especially trans women of color.

It wasn't Grindr, circuit parties, or Drag Race that laid the ground work for the queer culture that arose across the United States. It was queer BIPOC banding together in houses, attending balls, and marching in protest.

Necko is a veteran, LGBT activist, and writer. In addition to his work as a freelancer Necko writes fiction with the purposes of providing strong LGBT and female protagonists to the world. More of his work can be found at neckofanning.com.

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Self-himprovement, formerly known as BlakeWrites, is a publication for today's hims, thems, and hers. We got our start by focusing on expanding the scope of masculinity and what makes a man a man. That's still something we're focusing on and iterating upon. While guys and masc folks are our primary readers, we're also not overly concerned about the labels our readers use. So welcome aboard regardless of your pronouns, expression, or physical traits.